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I've just (re)installed Oracle 8.1.6 EE for NT. In the newly created database I have a number of packages (3) and Package body (45) that are INVALID. I've tried to recompile these using DBA Studio and the 'alter package <packagename> compile ....' statement. but they are still INVALID. Does anybody know of a solution to this problem.

When you compile a package specification, it invalidates other packages that rely on it. Try compiling all the specifications. When you have all the package specs valid, you can then compile all the bodies...